Posted in Art, Environment, Recycling, The Stuff of Life, tagged Art, atlanta, Environment, garbage, public art, Recycling, sunken garden park, trash on June 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Somehow, I managed to miss all pre-press about The Bottle Project in Atlanta, an installation in a park walking distance to my house. Last night, I was walking over there, and happened upon part of it that remains - it was supposed to be installed through September, but it looks like the Department [...]
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Posted in Art, Photography, The Stuff of Life, Video, tagged chris jordan, cigarettes, drugs, excess, garbage, photo, Photography, prison, TED, ted talks, trash, Video, waste on June 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Take a few minutes to watch this video: Chris Jordan Pictures Excess - TED Talk 2008
Artist Chris Jordan talks about his work at the TED Conference earlier this spring - in his own words here from his website:
Running the Numbers looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a [...]
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This article in yesterday’s New York Times about concert pianist Soyeon Lee’s efforts to raise awareness about recycling and reusing was really neat. She wears gowns made from recycled juice pouches and plays pieces that have been “recycled”. After watching the Story of Stuff together, my daughter and I decided not to use juice boxes [...]
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Posted in Art, Craft, Crochet, Environment, Ocean, Recycling, tagged coral reef, Craft, Crochet, hyperbolic crochet, institute for figuring, knitting, mathematics, wool, yarn on November 2, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve been following the work of Margaret and Christine Wertheim, founders of the Institute for Figuring, for a few years now. I tried my own hand at hyperbolic crochet, and was invited by Margaret to contribute to her coral reef project. At one point, I had intended to make something of the collection [...]
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Posted in Art, Environment, Movies, The Stuff of Life, tagged plastic, waste, Environment, toys, child, children on October 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Winner of Friends of the Earth’s Best One-minute green film award. This simple film documents the horrors of plastic overpackaging of a child’s toy. After wrestling with all the packaging, the child is too tired even to play with her new toys.
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Posted in Art, Environment on June 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
One of the most important tools for insurers and governments are maps produced by the FEMA National Flood Insurance Program. These are officially accepted maps that insurance companies use to determine insurance rates for homes and businesses in case of flooding and to set zoning ordinances by governments. The maps are available, but [...]
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Finally, some more trashy art! Via the NRDC magazine, OnEarth, I learned of StartMotions a studio that generates stop-motion animation films of animals made from trash!
The studio’s mission is:
We create fun and entertaining animations that inform and enthuse audiences around the world about animals, plants, and the environment. We explore current events and environmental [...]
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Posted in Art, Environment on May 28, 2007 | 6 Comments »
I thought this comic by Lynn Johnson so nicely summed up the frustration many of us feel. Those of us who take a lot of personal responsibility in our daily activities to reduce our impact on the environment still look around and see the overwhelming tide of civilization washing over us, negating everything we have [...]
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Posted in Art, Crochet, Environment on May 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Square from Knit A River
Today, via Bloggreen, I found out about the I Knit “Knit A River” campaign. This UK-based crafting activism project:
… is a campaign with WaterAid. The campaign is designed to raise awareness of WaterAid and their vision - a world where everyone has access to safe water and effective sanitation.
Instead [...]
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These beautiful trash cans were designed by artists commissioned by TRASHed for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. I’m sorely tempted to try to decorate my city-issued trash can thusly.
From the TRASHed website:
The TRASHed campaign is a year long trash education program developed by Fashion Peace that redefines the way people and [...]
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